Remove top fans to improve light?

[Grandma Weedstein]

So I have got some big fan leaves right under the top cola that are basically shading out the smaller colas. Is it wise to remove them? I don’t really have room in the tent to train the side branches horizontally. This is just a small experiment I have in a small tent, just trying to get a preview of an outdoor plant of same strain.

 

[Pennywise]

Look at the plant from directly overhead and trim just those fans that are blocking sites.

 

[Herby Paisley]

I'd cut them to give the other bud sites a better chance at getting bigger.

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Look at the plant from directly overhead and trim just those fans that are blocking sites.

I'd cut them to give the other bud sites a better chance at getting bigger.

Ok good, that’s what I was going to do, just making sure I wasn’t being dumb. I mostly grow outdoor and the light is so penetrative that it’s not an issue.

 

[Pennywise]

Yes outdoor is a lot different, I really try to keep as many fans as I can.

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Yes outdoor is a lot different, I really try to keep as many fans as I can.

Here’s what I did, probably the quickest and easiest way to expose those bud sites:

This is how it looked previously, with the top fans covering everything but the top cola:

 

[Pennywise]

Don’t look bad, it ends up being a personal preference thing. I just like more fans for producing energy.

 

[BirdieNumNum]

The science says cut those fannies off !

 

[Botanical Bondage]

I wouldnt cut anything. Those fans collect energy

 

[Botanical Bondage]

The science says cut those fannies off !

Do you have a peer reviewed study proving that? If not its anecdotal bro science

 

[Grandma Weedstein]

Do you have a peer reviewed study proving that? If not its anecdotal bro science

I wasn’t planning to cut them all off, but in this case it seemed like they were in the way.

 

[Woblaaaah]

Cut them. your better to get light to the other bud sites rather than just that top, try to expose all the buds to the light.

 

[Woblaaaah]

Cut them. your better to get light to the other bud sites rather than just that top, try to expose all the buds to the light.

Oh outdoors either ways is allgood there is usually enough light outdoors to just leave the leaves but whatever I'd probably still cut them

 

[Pennywise]

Flowers don’t carry out photosynthesis, they are energy sinks so for big plentiful flowers you need those big fan leaves to produce carbohydrates to feed the flowers.

 

[Diggler420]

I like to remove them. I have a different reason for the removal of the fans and other leaves.
These bushed up leaves create little micro climates. under the canopy of thick leaves,you have drastic differences in temperature and humidity. Pluck them off to get the air flow and get rid of micro climates.
If you add plants to your tray and don’t deleaf, you are increasing you chances for pathogens to grow on your bud sites.
getting rid of that foliage is a great starting point to prevent powdered mildew

 

[BirdieNumNum]

Energy is not the only factor we need to consider here

 

[BirdieNumNum]

No but.....

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